Конкурентное законодательство в отношении цифровых платформ: между антитрастом и регулированием

Вопросы государственного и муниципального управления. 2022. № 3. С. 61–86.

Avdasheva S. B., Korneeva D., Yusupova G. F.

Th e article analyzes recent developments in competition policy regarding digital platforms and their ecosystems. Th e goal is to evaluate the newly adopted laws and their draft s in the light of experience in regulating essential facilities (natural monopolies in the network industries). We contrast the arguments and suggestions of recent academic and expert publications with evaluation of the eff ects of non-discriminatory access enforcement. Both ex-post antitrust enforcement and ex-ante regulation regarding digital platforms have their own limitations. Proponents of wider application of ex-ante regulatory rules underestimate and oft en neglect regulatory cost as well as negative externalities of regulatory interventions. Empirical evaluation of regulatory eff ects during three decades shows that both costs and negative externalities are likely and relatively high. At the same time, recent academic and expert discussion underestimate the opportunities to develop targeted norms that would provide clients of digital platforms with additional rights and opportunities, and restrict market power of platforms without specifi c ex-ante regulation.

Keywords: антимонопольное законодательство, digital platforms, competition policy, antitrust enforcement, цифровые платформы, инструменты конкурентной политики

Publication based on the results of: The evidence-based competition policy in the markets controlled by digital platforms (The international and Russian practice) (2022)